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HOUSE— September  9,  1862.     Ordered  to  be  printed. 


AMENDMENT  OF  MR.  CHAMBLISS  TO  THE  MILI- 
TARY BILL. 

Strike  out  after  the  enacting  clause  and  insert  : 
1         That  when  the  President  shall  consider  an  increase  of 
'1     the  forces  in  the  field  necessary  to  repel  invasions,  or  for 

3  the  public  safety  in  the  pending  war,  he  is  authorized  to 

4  make  a  call  upon  the  Governors  of  the  several  Confede- 

5  rate  States  for  their  respective   quotas  of  such  desired 

6  increase  of  the  force,  to  serve  for  three  years,  or  during 

7  the  war,  if  it  should  be  sooner  ended  ;  and  when  they 

8  shall  be  called  into  service,   they  shall  be   assigned  to, 

9  and  form  part  of,   the  companies,  squadrons,  battalions 

10  and  regiments  heretofore  laisecl  in  their  respective  States 

11  and  now  in  the  service  of  the   Confederate   States  ;  and 

12  the  number  that  may  remain  from  any  State,  after  filling 

13  .  up   existing  companies,    squadrons,  battalions  and  regi- 
11     ments  from  such  State  to  their  maximum  legal  number, 


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shall  be  officered  according  to  the  laws  of  the  respective 

16  States  having  such  residue. 

1  Sec.  2.  That  the  persons  brought  into  service  by  this 

2  act  shall  be  assigned   to  the   company  from  their  State, 

3  now  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  which  they 

4  may  prefer  to  join,    subject  to   such   regulations    as  the 

5  Secretary  of  War  may  establish,  to  secure  the  filling  up 

6  of  existing  companies,   squadrons,  battalions  and  regi- 

7  mcnts  from  the   respective  States  :   Provided,  That  no 

8  company  shall,  by  reason  thereof,  be   increased  beyond 

0  its  legal  maximum  number. 

1  Sec.  3.  That  the  soldiers  brought  into  service  by  this 

2  act,  as  well  as  all  who  have  heretofore  enlisted  for  three 

3  years  or  the  war,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  bounty  as 
I  others,  according  to  the  act  of  April  16,  1862. 

1  Sec.  4.  That  persons  not  liable  for  duty  may  be  re- 

2  ceived  as  substitutes  for  those  who  are,  under  suchregu- 

3  lations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 


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